[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 9 (Wednesday, January 14, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 2151-2152]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-696]


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DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

Office of the Secretary


Notice of Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience and 
Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits Filed Under Subpart B 
(Formerly Subpart Q) During the Week Ending December 13, 2008

    The following Applications for Certificates of Public Convenience 
and Necessity and Foreign Air Carrier Permits were filed under Subpart 
B (formerly Subpart Q) of the Department of Transportation's Procedural 
Regulations (See 14 CFR 301.201 et seq.). The due date for Answers, 
Conforming Applications, or Motions to Modify Scope are set forth below 
for each application. Following the Answer period DOT may process the 
application by expedited procedures. Such procedures may consist of the 
adoption of a show-cause order, a tentative order, or in appropriate 
cases a final order without further proceedings.

    Docket Number: DOT-OST-2008-0378.
    Date Filed: December 8, 2008.
    Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify 
Scope: December 29, 2008.
    Description: Application of Trans States Airlines, Inc. (``Trans 
States'') requesting that the Department (i) disclaim jurisdiction over 
a proposed corporate re-organization in which Trans States will be 
converted from a Missouri corporation to a Delaware limited liability 
company bearing the name Trans States Airlines, LLC, and shortly 
thereafter, transfer its certificate of public convenience and 
necessity, exemptions, designations, and any related operating 
authorities to Trans States Airlines, LLC, a Delaware Limited Liability 
Company, which will continue air carrier operations under the name of 
Trans States Airlines, LLC.

    Docket Number: DOT-OST-2008-0379.
    Date Filed: December 8, 2008.
    Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify 
Scope: December 29, 2008.
    Description: Application of SATA Internacional--Servicos E 
Transportes Aereos, S.A. (``SATA International'') requesting an amended 
foreign air carrier permit, incorporating all of the new rights made 
available to European Community carriers specifically, SATA 
Internacional seeks blanket open skies authority to enable it to engage 
in (i) Scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, 
property and mail from any point or points behind any Member State of 
the European Union via any point or points in any Member State and via 
intermediate points to any point or points in the United States and 
beyond; (ii) scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of 
persons, property and mail between any point or points in any member of 
the European Common Aviation Area and any point or points in the United 
States; (iii) scheduled and charter all-cargo foreign air 
transportation between any point or points in the United States and any 
other point or points; (iv) other charters subject to the Department's 
regulations; and (v) transportation authorized by any additional route 
rights made available to European Community airlines in the future. 
SATA Internacional also requests exemption authority to the extent 
necessary to enable it to provide the services covered by this 
application while the Department evaluates SATA Internacional's 
application to amend its foreign air carrier permit.

    Docket Number: DOT-OST-2008-0382.
    Date Filed: December 9, 2008.
    Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify 
Scope: December 30, 2008.
    Description: Application of Travel Service, a.s. requesting an 
exemption authority and a foreign air carrier permit to conduct charter 
foreign air

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transportation between the European Community and the Member States of 
the European Union and the United States, consistent with the U.S.-EU 
Air Transport Agreement.

    Docket Number: DOT-OST-1998-3876.
    Date Filed: December 11, 2008.
    Due Date for Answers, Conforming Applications, or Motion to Modify 
Scope: January 2, 2009.
    Description: Application of Shuttle America Corporation (``Shuttle 
America'') requesting an amendment of its certificate of public 
convenience and necessity to remove the restriction which currently 
limits Shuttle America's scheduled passenger authority using large 
aircraft to operations conducted under fee-for-service agreements with 
U.S. air carriers.

Renee V. Wright,
Program Manager, Docket Operations, Federal Register Liaison.
[FR Doc. E9-696 Filed 1-13-09; 8:45 am]
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